Camera.



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CAMERA.

' APPLICAHON FILED 8.24.1915.

1,221,847. Patented Apr. 10,1912.

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ED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANSHELM 1;. ELMSTROM, or swmrscor'r,

AND JOSEPH A. MODONALD, OF AUBURN- DALE, MASSACHUSETTS. v

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To all whom it may comm-t Be it. known that we,'AE1sHELM B. EIQMQ:

sTnoM and IJOSEPB? MCDONALD, citizens of the,.-Uhited States, residing at Swamp SCOtlIfiIll the county ofEssex and Auburnof Middiesex, State of Massachusett "resgmctively, have invented. certain, Impi"ovencrents in Cameras,-. of which vwiththe iaccompanying. drawings, is a specificat1on, --;like reference characters on the drawin eral figures. t

. This in'ventionfrelat fl ea-ems an ;;he'rein.-i11ustrated in connection with a socalled. :filmcamera in which the sensitized j film proper i's 'c'arried by. a strip. of flexible material such. as celluloid.

- i usi filmiiis iaccidentallyfmade with. the result that: the-: photogr byathe first exposure .ls'spoiled. flhd'general-object of the present inventionisto. prevent such accidental double exposurezby a locking mechanism which prevents a second exposure from being .made until the photographic negative produced: by; the-first exposure has been removed from the. accompanying draw siev l rfh i -.E igure lis asection'df a portion of a cameral-l-i ngwhich. the present invention is em f jg. 2 is an elevationof apiece-of fiexi; bis-strip; of celluloid upon which thesensr- .tined film is mountedrsaid strip being out to-.

I of flexible strip.

' Referring" first to- Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, the

i Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed 15:11 24,

gs indicatingtlike parts in the sev a cameraitfreguently happens" ;that asecond exposure of thesa'me sensitized ph ic negative 'produced V Patented Apr. 10, 1917. 1915. Seria1lqo.2 3,739.

camera box' is indicated at 1, the shutter at 3,-and a finger release of simple form at 5.

The shutter will not be described further Since the detailsof its construction form no part of the present invention. It will be understood, however, that the finger release 5 is normally held in-the position shown in'.

Figs. '1 and 4. by the usual spring and-that movement of said finger release to the position shown in Fig. 3 permits light to pass through the lens to the sensitized filmto produce the photographic negative.:=

Fast to the shutteris a bracket! having a depen ding cylindrical portion in which. is shdably mounted a, collar 9 which isfastened-td 'awire 11 near the upper end thereof; "Thiswire carries above the collar 9 asmallerool-lar 13 which normally engages; a 1

latch- 15 formed'on a part of the finger rlease '5, the wire being urged upwardly at all times by a compression spring 17 the lower end of which bears upon the bottom of a slideway 19 formed in a bracket 21 which is. fastened in anysuitable manner to the camera box. The n per end of the spring.

17 bears on the un erv side of a collar 23 has a projection 25 which entersfa guide- .way- 27 and prevents the wire-from; twist; g: li-nowthe'memb r 5-is moved' into the position'shown in Fig," 3 to expose the .sensi-.

pushed up intoi'theposition shown in said figure; and when the 'inember dis-returned by the usual spring to the position shown in' Figs-1 and 4,. the wire I11wi11 be moved farther up until it enters ;a. ;-hole 29in the member 5, to lock said member, the upward movement of the,wire being limited bycon-Q tact of thecollar' 13 withn projection ofthe A bracket 7 through which the wire passes;

. From the mechanism whiQhdias-thus far been described it will clear" when the member 5 has been. moved to; releasedin the usual manner tape to pass through the nsane tliereBy't -eX pose the-sensitized film "and phi ega r theimeiiiber -51: h 011d xpiisu e, has beerIdrawno wn It will also" be clear collar 13 will snap. under the latch 15 and hold the wire in the position shown in Fig.

80 which is fast to the wire 11-; and the collar rotatable on a fixed arbor 35 on the end of which is a flat arm or stop 37 said arm being connected with said wheel by a coiled spring 39 so that when the wheel is free to rotate, the pin 31 will be broughtinto on tact with the right-hand side of the arm 37 by said spring. The teeth ,of the wheel,

as it is rotated, run in-aflgroove 41in th'e 'back of the camera 'box F-and: project through holes 43 or slots 45 in a flexible strip 47 such as celluloid by whichuthe sensitized film is carriedysaidstrip being un-' wound from the spool 49 and 'wound on the spool 51 in the usual manner, and being geld flat against theback "of the camera box the presentcase by idle rolls 53. The

heries of holes 43 are broken at regular-in 'tervals by-the slots 45, the distance between one slot and the next one-being app'roxi 'inately equalto' the width of the photographic negatiye which is tobe produced A NVith the parts in the position shown a? photographic ne ative has nearly {been 3'5 drawn out of the field of exposure; the spool down the wire 11, one of the teeth of the wheel 33 has entered a slot 45, and the next tooth to the right is about toleave its hole 43. When the last-named tooth leaves its hole and the slot is drawn a little farther to the right there will be. nothin to hold pthe wheel 33 against the force of t e spring 39 which will then act to turn the wheel.

/ quick1yin a clockwise direction until the if pin- 31lstrikesathearm or stop-.3' I. Every f 51 is still being turned, thepin 31 has-drawn wardly.

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The wire '11 is shown as surrounded by a casing consisting of a coiled spring 531 the ends of which are'fast respectively to the brackets 7 and 21. The spring casin and wire are a convenient form of coritro the purpose of the'constructionin the present case being to provide a flexible connection which may be coiled or bent to permit the camera to be closed. 1

RefeFi-ing now to Figs. 5 and 6, the same .forni of controlling wire 111 is made use of; and this wire at its upperend is constructed exactly as in Fig. 1 and cotiperates with the movable member 5 in the same manner. The

difference between the two constructions lies 30 in the manner in which the wire 111 is reset in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 5 after an exposure has been made. The collar 123 fast to the wire slides in a slideway formed in the bracket 1 21 and 35 is held from turning by a pin 55 which extends through a slot 10 in the 'wall of said slideway, a spring 117' tending always to urgethe pin, and hence, the wire 111, up- 1 heicoiledspri'ng 153 is similarto 9o, thesprin 531 of Fig. 1. The parts thus' 1 far descri are all identical with Orsimilar to the corresponding parts in Fig. 1. The celluloid strip 147, however, has no slots but merely a row ofequally spaced holes 143; and the toothed wheel 133 is mutilated by the removal of onetooth. A"

tension's'pring57 fast'at'one'end to a fixed pin 59 and at the other end to a pin 61 reef edge of the s 0t 45 and then the-rear edges 'ofthe holes-43 en the teeth. of =55 the wheel- 33 successive y to turn ityin a O0l1nt6r-cl0CkWiSe direction againstthe force of the coiled spring 39. As the wheel turns,"

. the pin 31 strikes the hook and pulls down.

the wire 1 1,'until the collar. 13 snaps under 1511 the'latch15' j The pin 31 then moyeja short .nection with-.a.

carried by a strip fasttothe'wheel 133 tends, when the parts are in the position shown, to turn the wheel in the direction indioat'eitlby the arrow; and this tendency is resisted by a pawl 63 ivoted at 65 to the bracket 121', said pawl eing held in engagement; with a tooth 12 on them:- wheel 133 by the collar 123 whicli' ngages the tail of the pawl. The wheel 133=is thus held stationary. v 4

Inthe' posit1on oi'partss hown-thecamera is set for an exposure. When such exposure I has'beenmade by'dnovementof the member thing yvi ll ithen be ready .-,to.,;1nake an exposure.;;' Pressure. upon-l and release of the i member; 5 pe m 'w i oiri' ebeen"e xplained,- first: into the: position shown. in Fig. 3 and then into the-position shown in' Fig. 4. Thes ool is then turned, the

asthe operator winds the-spool 51, the wheel 133 isturned in-the direction indicated by the" arrow. A} pin 131, 1 which is short .enough to pass beneath the spring' 57, presently enga es the hook 108' on the wire 111'thereby p ling the hook down and re settingthe pawl 63. The wheel133 then comes to-featinth position .The'inve' asbeenill reli f? -1 proper is flexible material such ascelluloid but it unde that yp whah he this has been doneffiiFoaiiyenience' BEST AVAILABLE COP;

Paving thus described. our invention,

what .we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. The combination with a camera having' a member manipulation of which exposes a film; of a mechanism normally set to lock said member after manipulation thereof, a wheel having teeth which enter holes in sa d film whereby, when said film is wound up,

said wheel is turned,'and means operated by the turning of said wheel after said memberhasbeen locked to free-said member reset said locking mechanism.

2. The combination with a camera haying a member manipu ation of which exposes a film, of meclianism'normally set-to lock said member after manipulation thereon and a wheel connected with saidlockin'g mechanism' and adapted to engage said stri and wound up, and a spring for turning said wheel in the opposite direction.

3. The combination with a camera having a member manipulation of which exposes a film, ofva rod normally set to lock said member after inanipulation thereof, therebeing a hook on said rod, a wheel having A teeth which enter holes in said film wherebywhen said film wound up said wheel is turned, and a pinJc-ari'ied by said-wheel and arranged to engage said hook and reset said 4. The coinliinatioihwith a camera having 40 a member manipulation of which exposes a" film; of a rod nominally set to lock sa-id member after manipulation thereof, there being a hook onsai drod a wheel having teeth which enter holes insaid film wherebyv i when said film is wound up saidrWheeLis'; turned, a pin carried by said wheel and. arranged to engage said'hookand reset said rod and ielding means for returning said.

wheel to'its original position- .50

In testimony whereof we have. signedonr names to this specification.

- "J SEPH -A.* McDONAL ANSHELM BnELhISTRbM-T be turned in one direction when said I'm is r r 

